Mariska Hargitay has bathed in critical and financial success as one half of the Law & Order: SVU crime-fighting team of Benson and Stabler – but dark clouds are brewing.
Hargitay has overcome serious challenges in her private life and acting career, but she’s about to face something that threatens to tear both of them apart.
For 11 seasons she has played the supportive Det Olivia Benson to Chris Meloni’s no-nonsense Det Elliot Stabler.
The long days – up to 15 hours – on set have helped Hargitay and Meloni form a bond that goes far beyond their screen characters.
Both are married with children. Hargitay’s son, August, to husband Peter Hermann turns four in June. Meloni and his wife, Doris Sherman Williams, have two children: Sophia, who turns 9 this month, and Dante, 6.
Hargitay and Meloni have even bought a holiday beach property together for shared family vacations.
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IT’S 5pm and busy Australian mums and dads are searching online for inspiration on what to cook for dinner.
What are they looking up? How to roast a chicken, do a beef stir-fry or marinade pork cutlets?
No, they’re searching for zucchini slice.
Strange though it may seem, the dish is No. 1 on the recipe site taste.com.au, with almost 40,000 copies downloaded in the website’s three-year history.
Following zucchini slice, the nation’s next favourite recipes are banana bread, gingerbread men and classic shepherd’s pie.
Other recipes that make it into the Taste top 10 are equally old-fashioned favourites cupcakes, scones and Anzac biscuits.
Taste.com.au editor Syrie Wongkaew said the online popularity of items such as scones and Anzac biscuits reflected the continued enthusiasm among home cooks for food “like your grandma or mum used to make”.
“While Australians are willing to embrace new food trends, people tend to be a bit nostalgic and they want homemade food that tastes good and reminds them of their childhoods,” Ms Wongkaew said.
Another factor in the popularity of these recipes could be that most of them are missing from trendy or glossy cookbooks.
Read more…Zucchini slice: the recipe we can’t get enough of | News.com.au
Plan and stay motivated to get better results. Have you ever made excuses for sitting around waiting for things to change and getting nowhere? With all the benefits of getting into condition, seeking desired education, training, a job, or a career change, why would you still hesitate? You can “cure” much of that by scheduling your priorities so that you make urgency your friend instead of merely prioritizing your schedule. So, get your big objectives (most important goals) and best ideas in line first for working — and playing. Here are some ideas.
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Bonding with your adopted child can be easier than you think. The level of difficulty will vary depending on the child’s age and the experiences they went through in foster care or with the biological parents, but this article assumes they are past the infant and toddler stage. The main thing to remember is that the child does want to be loved and find a stable and supportive home, no matter how distant or upset they may seem.
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An old rubber band bassThere’s the rubber band guitar, then there’s the rubber band bass, which is re-tuneable, and you can even add effects to it. Follow these easy steps to make your own.
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